Harness for fishing-creels.



Witnesses Omaww- W. D. HUMPHREY.

HARNESS FOR FISHING (JR-EELS.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1912.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

- Inventor,

Attorneys UNTTED STATES PATENT QFFT CE.

WILLIAM I). HUMPI-IREY, 0F PENDLETON, OREGON.

HARNESS FOR FISHING-CREELS.

1,oeo,257.

Application filed September 19, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM D. HUM- rI-IREY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pendleton, in the county of Umatilla and State ofOregon, have invented a new and useful Harness for Fishing-creels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The device herein disclosed is a body-engaging harness, adapted tosupport a fishing creel, and the invention aims to provide a harnesswhich will at once serve to reinforce the creel and to support the samefrom the body of the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a harness of the typeabove specified which may be adjusted readily to fit about the creel.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the invention in perspective; and, Fig.2 is a fragmental section showing a portion of the harness assembledwith a portion of the creel.

The invention herein disclosed is fashioned from a plurality of flexibleelements hereinafter referred to as straps, the term strap being takenas descriptive of a flexible element of any desired construction.

The device herein disclosed, generally considered, comprises anencircling band 1 and supports 2 which extend transversely of the band1, the supports 2 being terminally secured to the band 1. A plurality ofties 3 are connected at their ends with the supports 2, intermediate theends of the supports. A body engaging the yoke 4 is provided, the samebeing connected at its ends with the band 1.

In a more detailed description, the band 1 comprises rings 5 to whichare secured front straps 6, the free ends of the straps 6 being unitedby a buckle 7. The band 1 further includes the reversely curved links 8to which primary straps 9 are secured. Secondary side straps 10 aresecured in the rings 5, the ends of the straps 10 being connected bymeans of buckles 11. A pair of back Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Serial No. 721,291.

straps 12 are provided, the remote ends of the straps 12 being connectedwith the links 8, adj acentends of the back straps 12 being links 8.

In applying the harness hereinbefore described, to a creel, indicated bythe reference character 22, the straps 9 and 10 extend along the ends ofthe creel, upon the outside of the creel, the straps 6 extending alongthe front of the creel, upon the outside thereof. The reversely curvedlinks 8 extend through openings 23 in the rear wall of the creel 22, thestraps 12 lying along the inner face of the rear wall of the creel; andat this point it may be noted that the reversely curved links 8connecting the straps 9 and 12 which lie, respectively, upon the outsideof the creel, and upon the inside thereof, serve to hold these straps insmooth and taut relation about the creel. The buckle 14 which connectsthe straps 12 serves to position the links 8 in such a manner that theywill be alined with and pass through the openings 23 in the back of thecreel 22. The buckle 7 connecting the straps 6 serves to permit anadjustment which will retain the straps 16 upon the front of the creel.The buckles 17 which connect the straps 16 and 15 serve to provide for alengthening and a shortening of the supports, indicated generally by thenumeral 2, so that creels of different heights may be accommodated. Thebuckles 11 which connect the straps 9 and 10 permit the band 1 to beadjusted about the top of the creel, it being common and well known thatthe top of the creel is ordinarily smaller in extent than the bottom ofthe creel. The buckles 17 may be employed also, for drawing downwardlythe forward or front portion of the band 1, so that the forward or frontportion of the band 1 will lie below the mouth of the creel, the top ofthe creel commonly slanting downwardly and forwardly.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the harness hereinbeforedescribed may be readily assembled With a creel, for the purpose ofsupporting and reinforcing the same,

the construction being such that the harness may be transferred from onecreel to another.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed is The combinationWith a creel having a rear Wall provided With spaced openings, of a bandcomprising outer parts extended around the outside of the creel and aninner part located Within the creel, between the openings; linksextended through the openings and connecting the inner and outer partso-fthe band, supports each connected at one end with a link and extendedbeneath the creel, the other end of each support being terminallyconnected with the band.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM D. HUMPHREY.

VVit-nesses Lo'r LIVERMORE, THos. ROBERTSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

